The Barrington Hills Park District Board will hold their regular monthly meeting this evening in person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.
Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
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Barrington Hills Park Board pseudo public hearing, monthly regular meeting tonight
Posted in Agendas, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Commercial Horse Boarding, Deception, Financial Statements, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, FUBAR, Horizon Farm, Land Use, Plum Farm development, Politics, Property Taxes, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Transparency on January 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Barrington Hills Park District Board will hold their, “Annual Budget and Appropriation Hearing,” via Zoom and in person this evening at 6:45 PM. A copy of their agenda absent of any financial information can be viewed here.
At 7:00 PM, the District will be conducting their regular monthly meeting. A copy of their agenda can be viewed here.
The Park District is located at 361 Bateman Road. Information on how to join the Zoom meetings tonight can be found here.
Penny Road Pub to close Jan. 31, but there’s hope for a return
Posted in Cook, County, Entertainment, Plum Farm development on December 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The Penny Road Pub, a staple for food, drink and live music in South Barrington for nearly 50 years, will close Jan. 31. A “Farewell to Penny Road” concert is scheduled for Jan. 22.
Penny Road Pub, a live rock ‘n’ roll venue nestled among the trees of the Barrington area for nearly 50 years, will close its doors at the end of January.
But General Manager Kelly Cunningham said Monday that the shutdown may not be permanent. The building’s relatively new owner hopes to buy time to work with Cook County on getting the property rezoned for the improvements he wants to make, she said.
I things work out as planned, Penny Road Pub could return but even better, she said.
“There is hope,” Cunningham added. “He has some beautiful plans for it.”
The combination of a new owner along with the loss of some of the property’s grandfathered rights, COVID-19 and the cost of the planned improvements have created financial issues that make it easier to shut down and handle one thing at a time, Cunningham said.
The pub’s grandfathered 4 a.m. liquor license probably won’t return, as Cook County doesn’t give them out anymore, she added.
“That was our bread-and-butter, so to speak, for many years,” Cunningham said.
The news of the imminent closing was announced on social media Sunday.
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Hoffman Estates panel so far supports Plum Farms apartment proposal
Posted in 220, 300, Hoffman Estates, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Plum Farm development, Politics, Property Taxes, Real Estate, School Districts, Traffic, Village Government on November 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
This rendering shows one of the six apartment buildings CRG Residential is proposing for the northwest corner of Higgins and Old Sutton roads as part of the Plum Farms development in Hoffman Estates. This building closest to the corner would be among those also including some ground-floor retail space.
Hoffman Estates officials expressed informal support Monday for a six-building apartment complex with some retail space to kick off construction of the long-delayed Plum Farms development at the northwest corner of Higgins Road and Route 59.
But they also urged developers to keep aware of the floodplain that overlaps the sprawling property during installation of underground utilities as well as surface construction.
CRG Residential of Carmel, Indiana, sought the courtesy review from the village board’s planning, building and zoning committee for 310 apartments spread among the six buildings specifically on the tax-increment finance district at the northwest corner of Higgins and Old Sutton roads.
Three of the buildings would be three stories, while the other three would be four stories. The ground floors of some of the buildings would also provide commercial space totaling about 14,000 square feet, including at the corner itself.
Representatives of CRG Residential suggested that commercial space might find such uses as an eatery or coffee shop as well as a medical or dental office.
The current owners of the 185 acres that make up the Plum Farms development also have plans for a self-storage facility along the railroad tracks at the western edge of the property.
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Village Plan Commission meets tonight
Posted in 220, 300, Agendas, Hoffman Estates, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Meeting Minutes, Plan Commission, Plum Farm development, Politics, School Districts, Topics Of Interest, Village Code, Village Government on September 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The Plan Commission will be holding a special meeting this evening at 6:30 PM. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
- Plan Commission Introduction, Duties and Code Requirements
- Lot Consolidation Application: 266 Steeplechase (Public hearing followed by commission meeting/vote), and
- Plum Farms
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. The meeting will be held at Village Hall, or residents can try to listen in to the meeting proceedings by dialing 508-924-1464.
Barrington Hills Park District Board meets tonight
Posted in Agendas, Barrington Hills Park District, Barrington Hills Polo Club, Cook, County, Fox River Valley Hunt, FPDCC, FRVPC, Hoffman Estates, Land Use, Massbach Hounds, Plum Farm development, Politics, Property Taxes, Riding Center Advisory Committee, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Taxes, Village Government on August 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The Executive Director of the Hoffman Estates Park District will be providing a report on Plum Farms this evening to the BHPD Commissioners.
The Barrington Hills Park District Board will hold their regular monthly meeting this evening in-person and via Zoom at 7:00 PM. Some of the topics on their agenda include:
- Hoffman Estates Park District Executive Director report on Plum Farms
- Motion to adopt and approve a Sexual Harassment Policy
- New outdoor arena, motion to proceed with bidding process
- Purchase of trees & shrubs for the Riding Center grounds
- Footing complaints affecting all arenas, and
- The need for final footing authority?
A copy of their agenda can be viewed here. Instructions for accessing the meeting remotely can be found here.
The Arboretum of South Barrington facing foreclosure suit
Posted in Plum Farm development, Pritzker’s Rules of Order, Property Taxes, South Barrington on December 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Arboretum of South Barrington is facing a foreclosure lawsuit amid widespread economic pressure on the retail and hospitality industries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the lawsuit filed in Cook County circuit court in September, UnionBank states that the owners of The Arboretum didn’t pay interest on the property’s $67.2 million mortgage and didn’t pay off the debt when it matured in April, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
The 480,000-square-foot outdoor shopping center at Higgins Road and Route 59 is listed as part of the portfolio of Starwood Retail Partners, a division of Starwood Capital Group.
Starwood Retail Partners and UnionBank didn’t return requests for comment Wednesday.
“Unfortunately we have no comment,” said a woman who answered The Arboretum’s customer service number.
South Barrington Mayor Paula McCombie said she had no firsthand knowledge of the lawsuit but was informed Wednesday morning that The Arboretum has a court-appointed receiver. That person is Mike Zucker, managing partner of Peak Properties, based in Chicago.
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District 220 won’t contest dismissal of lawsuit
Posted in 220, Board of Education, Hoffman Estates, Plum Farm development, Politics, School Districts, Uncategorized on January 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
This is an artist’s rendering of one of the seven apartment buildings planned for the Plum Farms development at the northwest corner of routes 59 and 72. A Cook County judge last month dismissed a lawsuit Barrington Unit District 220 filed over the proposal.
Barrington Unit District 220 won’t challenge a Cook County circuit court judge’s decision last month to dismiss a lawsuit the school system filed against Hoffman Estates and developers of the stalled Plum Farms proposal at the northwest corner of routes 59 and 72. Hoffman Estates’ development agreement limits Plum Farms to 1,250 homes of various types. The most recent plan submitted by a development partnership calls for 1,035.
But the last indication of progress on Plum Farms was interrupted by the filing of a lawsuit in July 2017 by residents of the nearby Regency at the Woods of South Barrington retirement community.
District 220 intervened in the complaint on the side of the residents, with the developer and village named as defendants. The density of the proposed development and the potential for additional students’ costs to exceed the increase in tax revenue were at the heart of the school district’s concerns.
While the residents’ original lawsuit was settled last summer, District 220 kept its part of the case active until it was dismissed in December. School board President Penny Kazmier announced at a meeting Tuesday night that the district will not pursue any further legal action in the case.
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Hoffman Estates approves tax incentive at routes 59, 72
Posted in 220, 300, Cook, County, Hoffman Estates, IDOT, Plum Farm development, Politics, School Districts, Sears, South Barrington, Traffic on January 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Hoffman Estates village board members voted 6-1 Monday to approve a tax incentive to spark economic development on 64 acres along the village’s stretch of Higgins Road west of The Arboretum of South Barrington shopping center.
A larger, 185-acre area of the same site at the northwest corner of Higgins Road and Route 59 has been the subject of the concept plan for the controversial Plum Farms mixed-use development that’s been idle for the past 2½ years since a lawsuit was filed over its residential density.
That lawsuit was originally filed by residents of the nearby Regency of the Woods of South Barrington retirement community. After Barrington Unit District 220 intervened in the suit on the side of the residents, the retirement community settled its portion.
Last month, District 220’s own lingering case was dismissed by a judge based on a legal precedent. But at its next meeting on Jan. 14, school the board intends to choose among its options to file a motion for reconsideration, file a notice of appeal or let the judge’s ruling lie, Superintendent Brian Harris said.
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District 220 lawsuit against Hoffman Estates, Plum Farms developers dismissed
Posted in 220, 300, Cook, County, EJ&E/Canadian National, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Disconnection, Land Use, Plum Farm development, Politics, School Districts, Sears, South Barrington, Traffic on December 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Barrington Unit District 220’s lawsuit against Hoffman Estates and the developers of the Plum Farms proposal for the northwest corner of routes 59 and 72 was dismissed this week . (Click on image to enlarge)
Barrington Unit District 220’s lawsuit against Hoffman Estates and the developers of the stalled
Barrington Unit District 220’s lawsuit against Hoffman Estates and the developers of the Plum Farms proposal for the northwest corner of routes 59 and 72 was dismissed this week.
proposal at the northwest corner of routes 59 and 72 has been dismissed by a Cook County circuit court judge.
But the question of how much that lawsuit had to do with the residential and commercial project’s idleness for the past 2½ years has yet to be answered.
Members of the Plum Farms development partnership did not respond to a request for comment, and Hoffman Estates officials said they haven’t heard from them, either, since the lawsuit’s dismissal on Monday.
As proposed, Plum Farms would include single-family homes on 145 acres previously disconnected from Barrington Hills. The remainder of the land would combine multifamily housing and commercial development.
Hoffman Estates’ development agreement limits Plum Farms to 1,250 dwelling units of various types, but the most recent plan submitted by the developer calls for only 1,035.
Read more from the Daily Herald here.
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